CPM cadres protest lack of neuosurgeon in government hospital
As Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in Trichy continues to function without a neurosurgeon, CPM members on Tuesday blocked the road in front of the hospital protesting the lack of...
View ArticleShops make a killing in helmet sales
Last-minute rush to buy helmets led to traffic bottlenecks on Bharathidasan Road and several places in the city with commuters parking their two-wheelers on either side of roads on Tuesday.
View Article‘104’ helpline service yet to reach rural population
The exclusive medical helpline launched by the state government to offer all sorts of medical-related advice is yet to reach rural population due to poor awareness about the scheme.
View ArticleMalindo Airlines to add 4 more services
The Malaysian-based Malindo Airlines has planned to add four more services from August.
View ArticleOperation Muskan’ launched in Trichy station
A month-long initiative called ‘Operation Muskan’ to trace missing children in railway stations was launched by senior police officials here on Wednesday.
View ArticleSt Joseph’s only college in TN to get special heritage status
St Joseph’s Autonomous College in Trichy is set to receive a special grant from the University Grants Commission (UGC) under the Special Heritage Status, the only college in the state to be recommended...
View ArticleHelmet violators take a detour to avoid traffic policemen
Helmet rule violators in the city have found a subterfuge to escape from the watchful eyes of traffic policemen – avoid arterial roads and take a detour through narrow and congested streets to reach...
View ArticleFishermen allege attack at sea by Lankan navy, fishers
Nagapattinam fishermen who claimed Sri Lankan fishermen had beaten them up at sea with the help of Sri Lankan navy officials on Wednesday night abstained from fishing on Friday as a sign of protest.
View ArticleTahsildar caught accepting 5,000 bribe to release two seized tractors
Sleuths of the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC), Pudukottai, on Friday arrested a 55-year-old tahsildar of Alangudi taluk for accepting bribe to release two seized tractors at...
View ArticleRare currency notes, coins attract children
Ancient coins believed to be as much 2,500 years old and freak currency notes with printing errors that are no longer in circulation were some of the items that featured in the three-day exhibition...
View ArticleManapparai residents fume as drinking water supply delayed
Many areas of the Manapparai municipality have been deprived of drinking water supply for over a week.
View ArticleGovt hospital receives bomb threat letter, police on alert
A letter warning of a bomb explosion at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital put the authorities on high alert on Friday and Saturday.
View ArticlePolice arrest couple for cheating job seekers in Trichy
Srirangam police on Saturday arrested a couple for cheating customers out of several lakhs of rupees after promising to get them jobs abroad.
View ArticleRTE admission: 50% of seats still vacant in Trichy
A total of 13 schools in the district, all located in the city limits, have not filled even a single seat reserved for students under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. In most of the schools in the...
View Article‘Operation Muskaan’ reveals plight of children in Trichy
Fifty children who were rescued in the district as part of ‘Operation Muskaan’, a nationwide drive to trace and rescue missing children and child labourers, were found begging in the streets or working...
View ArticleBomb threats remain a problem to Trichy cops, search on for second day
Threat of a bomb explosion at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in the city kept the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) on their toes for the second day on Sunday. Police...
View ArticleHighrise buildings obstruct Srirangam temple gopurams
It’s a surpassing beauty to watch all the 21 Rajagopuram’s of the Sri Rangananthaswamy temple from a bird’s eye view. Devotees fear the mushrooming of highrise buildings around the temple in the recent...
View ArticleWhatsApp reunion for Lankan refugee siblings after 36 yrs
Separated by the unrest in Sri Lanka more than three decades ago, a 72-year-old refugee reunited with his 76-year-old sister on Friday in the city, thanks to social networking mobile application WhatsApp.
View ArticleMBA graduates start online scrap collecting service
As collecting scrap has become a lucrative business, four 30-year-old MBA graduates along with a couple of people have ventured into an online junk collecting service called Kuppavandi.com.
View ArticleSpecial classes to boost pass percentage of boys in schools
In a bid to boost the pass percentage of boys in the government examinations, the school education department is training the teachers in such a way to concentrate on the boys who are weak in studies.
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